diff --git a/linux/ubuntu/scripts/vcpkg.sh b/linux/ubuntu/scripts/vcpkg.sh
index fae7888..08ffe99 100755
--- a/linux/ubuntu/scripts/vcpkg.sh
+++ b/linux/ubuntu/scripts/vcpkg.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ##  File:  vcpkg.sh
 ##  Desc:  Installs vcpkg
 ################################################################################
-# source: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/206a8183190e81d3266084457e619553551c1252/images/linux/scripts/installers/vcpkg.sh
+# source: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/5a94a87d676435f6dc049db865e220bc91ec8a0b/images/linux/scripts/installers/vcpkg.sh
 
 # Set env variable for vcpkg
 VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT=/usr/local/share/vcpkg
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ echo "VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT=${VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT}" | tee -a /etc/environm
 git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT
 
 $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+
+# workaround https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/27786
+
+mkdir -p /root/.vcpkg/
+touch /root/.vcpkg/vcpkg.path.txt
+
 $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/vcpkg integrate install
 chmod 0777 -R $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT
 ln -sf $VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/vcpkg /usr/local/bin
+
+rm -rf /root/.vcpkg